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Yanyo Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Well, after quite a bit of time off from posting in the Blog, it's time to start this back up again. :)

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Bill and Heather at their Handfasting/Wedding/Anniversary Party. It was a beautiful event on a stunning day. Most of the celebration took place outside. Hopefully my work captured the Magic that happened that day.

I love doing shots of the bride getting ready, I find you can see a lot of personality then.

The care was lovely, covered in handmade daisies.

Though the flowers were stunning, somehow this shot felt like it needed to be in a muted tone.

This image was beautiful in color, but I love using selective color to make them more emotional like this one is.

This wedding was filled with the sound of bells and windchimes that lined the outdoors.

The Bride getting the end of her bracelets on.

Zoey is such a beautiful little girl and she loved the bells that everyone had.

This was the adorable grandbaby of the wedding couple.

From here on down is wedding portraits of the Bridge and Groom....Enjoy!

Goodbye Dear Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:16:00 +0000

Earlier this week I received rather sad news from a dear friend of mine. Tara of Northern Lights Ranch had to put down her amazing stallion Malachi this past week. He came down with an infection that the equine hospital was unable to treat. I have never met a pair so well matched as these two. This horse had to much presence and grace, he was truly a joy for me to photograph.

This shot sums them up to me, his power and grace matched so well to her inner power. Though he towered over him, you can tell how much he cared for her and watched out for her. He truly was her stallion and he will be missed by all who knew him!
Farewell Dear Malachi, may the Rainbow bridge welcome you to green pastures!

Darby Downs Equestrian Center

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:05:00 +0000

I'm finally getting caught up and back to normal here, so it's time to resume my posting on the blog.

My last post was about Jack McDonald Stables. That same month I also photographed a few other farms, all for Pittsburgh Professional Magazine. This shoot was at Darby Downs Equestrian Center. The magazine was writing an article about the Equestrian community in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. At Darby Downs, the interviewed Kathy, who is pictured below. She currently takes lessons on her Perch/TB cross there. The two of them look great together, and there images do not do them justice.

I also discovered some of the other owners enjoying their horses at the stable during my shoot.
The feel and ambiance of this barn was a great inspiration to me. I did a lot of close up work here, along with a lot of farm life type portraits.

shilottesThey also seemed to have the perfect setting for me to work on my silhouettes. I did a lot of work on those here and I have to admit I'm very pleased with my work there.

I hope you enjoyed the images from Darby Down as much as I enjoyed being there. I hope to be able to return there some time this summer to get to work with everyone when the setting is a little more green.

Slacking Off

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:59:00 +0000

Ok, so over the last several months, I've been slacking off. I have tons of new pictures to post from a lot of shoots, I just haven't had time as of late to post them. Look for the first update around lunch time today. Sorry for the delay!!

Jack McDonald Stables

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:04:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of spending last Sunday with Jackie and the boarders and staff of Jack McDonald Stables. I was there for a shoot for Pittsburgh Professional Magazine. We managed to turn the day into a lot of fun, even though the weather was less then ideal. At Jack McDonald Stables they specialize in Arabians and Dressage horses.

Though a very serious and respected stables, you can see that they also are very serious about having fun. Here we see Jackie with one of the horse at the stable.
This horse and rider combo impressed me to no end. This is a youngster with a rider and owner who was a grandmother. If you watch these two together, you can tell how bonded they are.
Since Jackie also trains Dressage horses, she gets other breeds besides Arabians and Arab crosses. Here we see one of her junior riders with a Friesian mare that is in training with her.

Here we see one of her boarders and her husband, along with their own personal horse. You can just tell by looking that both her boarders and horses are quite happy there.

This gelding is amazing to watch move. He's going to be a horse to watch when he hits the show rings in the next few years.
Although Christy can no longer rider her mare, due to health problems with the mare, you can tell how much they care for each other and how alike they are.

This set was another set that amazed me. This mare was underweight when her owner bought her. You can see what some love and TLC can do for a mare like her.

Pittsburgh Youth Ballet

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:53:00 +0000

I had the chance to do some shots for the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet this weekend. They asked me to come do some shots of their girls to use them for up coming advertising campaigns. They wanted shots that showed the girls in practice, having fun and doing what they do in practice. I tried to offer not only shots of the girls, but more artistic shots that can be used again and again for them. Hopefully you enjoy these samples and you can see more to come when they new ad campaigns come out.

Fiddler on the Roof

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:57:00 +0000

Well, once again this week I had the pleasure of photographing another performance with costumes provided by Spotlight Costumes. As always, her costumes were wonderful.

This show also had incredible voice talent in it. All three daughters were wonderful, with great voices.

Papa's voice was quite strong and was a great choice for the lead.

The dancers were also superb. The traditional dance styles were pulled off with great flair!

The ensemble cast also helped set the feel

If you get a chance to go see this show, I highly recommend it!

Check out the rest of the images at: http://www.sunflowerphoto.com/fotr/index.html

Pittsburgh Zoo

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:03:00 +0000

Well this past Saturday I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium in my continuing effort to try to shoot every week. The day was cool but over all very nice. Going to the zoo is always a great chance for me to play with my 200-400 lens. I haven't been to the zoo in a few years so it was nice to see everything that has changed.

Oh and by the way....It's the first Robin of the year! Happy Almost Spring!

Erin and Gabe

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:02:00 +0000

Today I got to spend some time with Erin and her Appy Gabe. The farm she has him at is beautiful, but unfortunately the day was not.

So instead of the outdoor shoot she wanted to do, we made due with shooting inside the barn, in the indoor arena.

The light made for some fun shots, as did Gabe's interesting coat pattern. I had a lot of fun shooting close ups of his pattern.

The barn has some wonderful cats, who were also willing to pose for the camera.

If you want to see the rest of the shots, they are at: http://www.sunflowerphoto.com/erinandgabe/index.html

Northern Lights Ranch

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:33:00 +0000

Well, I finally had a chance to go through my first equine shoot of 2008. Tara of Northern Lights Ranch is a great person to work with and her new stallion, Armageddon's Lord Malachi, or Malachi, is an amazing animal. She acquired him recently, but you can see the bond between them already. He's an amazing addition to her herd and I can't wait to see the foals he produces for her. We had less then ideal conditions for this shoot, I can't wait to try again this summer when it's more green! You can view the rest of the photos from this shoot on my website at:

http://www.sunflowerphoto.com/nl21/index.html

Model Shoot - Darcy

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:33:00 +0000

Darcy and I did a gothic model shoot this past weekend. She's awesome to work with, very natural in front of the camera. This is one of my favorite images from the shoot. I only did minor work to it, mainly adding Dark lines to it to get this great Gothic art look.

We did a set of images with a pin stripped fedora, corset, pants and a tombstone. I love the look on this set. We were just at sunset, so it gave some nice light.

Here are more images like the shot above. It was almost a Little Red Riding Hood gone wrong shoot.

One of my favorite shots we did with the great Gothic Arch in the cemetery we were at. The skirt gave her a slightly whimsical look.

We found this great mausoleum when we were driving through the cemetery. I think Darcy found some great poses for this location!

If you want to see the rest of the shoot, go to:

http://www.sunflowerphoto.com/darcy308/index.html

Eclectic Circus Images

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:41:00 +0000

Well, as promised, I've finally gotten around to posting some images from the Eclectic Circus performance at Ohio Dominican University. As always I had a wonderful time with the performers, and feel each picture tells a story, or would like to. Like this one...Vinnie is trying to figure out how to make the remote mute me, or at least that's the rumor....

And here Aaron is showing his Vegas Magician side. So dramatic, just done with such ease...
These next one I would love to see made into business cards to promote what he does. I think the image just lend itself to it.
This image just screams Come to me....
I love the reverse image in the glass ball in this shot!

New Pictures - The Eclectic Circus

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:01:00 +0000

Well, once again I got to spend a wonderful weekend shooting performance work. This time is was the wonderful troupe of the Eclectic Circus. They performed at Ohio Dominican University. If you're looking for a fun and unusual show, this one would come highly recommended by me. I'll be posting some of my favorite images from the show later this week, but please feel free to browse the proofs until then. http://sunflowerphoto.com/tec2008/index.html

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat Shoot

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:33:00 +0000

Well, 2008 has started to roll in and with it had come some interesting shoots and booking for the coming year.

I just finished a performance shoot for Kim at Spotlight Costumes. Spotlight Costumes in located on the South Side of Pittsburgh. I've been very lucky to be able to photograph several amazing performances for Kim, and Joseph was no exception. This show was set off by great lighting and as always the amazing costumes.

Here are a few of my favorites from the

show.

Welcome to the Sunflower Photo Blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Laurie Comfort) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to my blog for Sunflower Photography. I intend to use this blog to showcase my clients and work for this coming year. Please feel free to sign up for my blog, I'm going to do my best to maintain and update this on a regular basis. I'll occasionally be offering coupons to those who are subscribed to my blog. At the bottom of my blog you'll get a chance to see some of my favorite images from 2007. Please feel free to leave me feedback.